Harmonization of radiation passbook in Europe Documents... · 2013. 3. 4. · IAEA TM Vienna, Nov. 21-24, 2011 HERCA • Heads of the European Radiological Protection Competent Authorities

IAEA TM Vienna, Nov. 21-24, 2011

Harmonization of radiation passbook in Europe

An Fremont (FANC, BE)/ Gerhard Frasch (BfS, DE)

HERCA Working Group 1 - Outside workers & dose passport

IAEA Technical Meeting on the development of guidance material on the management of the radiation protection programme for itinerant workers, Vienna,

21-24. Nov. 2011


HERCA • Heads of the European Radiological Protection Competent Authorities

• 46 Competent Authorities from 28 countries

• Board of Directors + topical working groups

– WG1 Outside workers and Radiation Passbook – WG2 Non-medical sources and practices – WG3 Medical Applications – WG4 Emergencies – WG5 Surveillance of collective doses from medical exposures

• Objectives – network of chief radiation safety regulators in Europe, – exchange of experience, – consensus on significant regulatory issues, – develop a common approach to radiological protection issues – involve EC and other relevant stakeholder.

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Scope of 1st mandate of WG1

• Harmonized European Radiation Passbook

based on the requirements of the in to the European Council Directive 90/641/EURATOM Annex 1 (Outside Workers Directive),

• Paper based system in first instance

• Feasibility study of electronic system (web-based?)


• How much common base and mutual understanding exist?

• How much enforcement on Member States to change their current system?

• What binding requirements for a EU Radiation Passbook?

Harmonizing Radiation Passbooks

In first instance:

Common language for exchanging information

- Terminology

- What data fields are necessary / optional ?

Define a minimal data content


Status of the work of WG1

• Questionnaire on transposition of European Council

Directive 90/641/EURATOM sent to all MS

• Answers WG1 report

Description of the approaches in EU countries

Good practices

Data to be included in radiation passbook

1st model of harmonized radiation passbook

• Comments of the competent authorities of MS – 04/2010

• Endorsed by HERCA – 06/2010


Status of the work of WG1 (cont.)

• Press release + stakeholder information – 10/2010

• Stakeholder comments – 11/2010

• Task Force: proposal for integration in BSS – 02/2011

• WG meeting – 05/2011:

• revision of changes proposed by Task Force

• consideration of stakeholder comments

• first discussion on transition to electronic systems

• HERCA BoD – 06/2011: revision endorsed and sent to EC


Comparison of the approaches

• Different basic options: – definition of operators, outside undertakings and outside

workers

– dosimeters provided by outside undertaking or by operator?

– radiation passbook only for outside workers crossing the borders or for all outside workers?

– single use or long lasting document?

• Implementation of radiation passbooks differ considerably between countries


Good practices

• Application: – Cat A (Cat B optional) – Employees, self-employed workers, students, apprentices and trainees

• Definitions in accordance with European Council Directive 90/641/EURATOM for – Outside worker – Outside undertaking – Operator

• Rights and Responsibilities of Operator and Outside Undertaking – provision of dosimetry – health surveillance – training

• Practical use of the passbook – Content – Non-transferability – Non-plurality – Language – Validity period – Reusability – …


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Minimal data content of radiation passbook

Mandatory fields in black – optional fields in grey Sections in the passbook: 1. Details of the radiation worker 2. Issuing details of the radiation passbook 3. General information 4. Current outside undertaking 5. Health surveillance 6. Official dose record up to the radiation passbook issue

date 7. Operational doses in the Operator’s controlled area(s) 8. Information regarding training in radiological

protection


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EU Radiation Passbook – 1st template


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EU Radiation Passbook – 1st template (cont.)


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extra info

Stakeholder Involvement

• HERCA Press Release in September 2010 Stakeholder comments

• Stakeholders: National competent authorities, national NPPs/NPP organisations, professional organisations for RP and NDT, etc.

• All stakeholder comments were evaluated by the WG1 and led to modifications of data content and passbook design

Need for guidance document (RP-series) to

• advise Member States on how to implement a radiation passbook

• advise the users (undertakings, employers, workers,…) on the practical use of Passbook model


Radiation passbook Further findings an insights

Need for guidance document (EC RP-series) to

• advise Member States on how to implement a radiation passbook

• advise the users (undertakings, employers, workers,…) on the practical use of Passbook model

More fundamental questions:

• What dose limits are applied: country of employer or of country of undertaking?

• How can the transnational transfer of official doses from undertaking to employer be established?

• How can multiple issues of radiation passbooks be avoided?


Next steps

• Integrate stakeholder comments in revised passbook model

• Develop a guidance document for implementation and use of

passbook

• Feasibility study for transition to electronic system

• the benefits, i.e. the objectives that can be met

• the costs

• the risks

• the prerequisites

A smaller sub WG will work out 1st outline, further discussion later

in WG1.